Variability in litter quality and its relationship to litter decay in Canadian forests

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1269-1287

  Preston, C M ^a   Trofymow, J A ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C CPMAS NMR; CIDET; Cutin; Klason lignin; Litter decomposition; Proximate analysis; Tannin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; CANADA; CARBON 13; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LEAF LITTER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST FLOOR; LITTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC MATTER;

CANADA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGACEAE; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 0034497296     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-78-10-1269     Document Type: Article

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